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Contes et nouvelles / de Marguerite de Valois, reine de Navarre ; mis en beau langage accommodé au goût de ce temps, & enrichis de figures en taille-douce.

Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre, 1492-1549. author.; Goerre, Jan, 1670-1731, illustrator.; Vianan, Jan van, 1660?-approximately 1726, printmaker.
1740
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Title
Contes et nouvelles / de Marguerite de Valois, reine de Navarre ; mis en beau langage accommodé au goût de ce temps, & enrichis de figures en taille-douce.
Uniform title
Heptaméron
Edition
Nouvelle edition.
Created/published
A Paris : Aux depens de la Compagnie, MDCCXL [1740]
Description
2 v. : ill. (engravings) ; 16 cm (8vo)
Associated name
Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre, 1492-1549. author.
Goerre, Jan, 1670-1731, illustrator.
Vianan, Jan van, 1660?-approximately 1726, printmaker.
Note
Engraved frontispiece (leaf *8 folded back) by Jan van Vianen after the drawing by Jan Goerre.

Signatures: v. 1: *-2*⁸ A-2A⁸; v. 2: A-V⁸ X⁴.

Pagination: v. 1: [32], 374, [10] p.; v. 2: 318, [10] p.

Title page printed in red and black.
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library 176- 725q
Genre/form
Underscoring.
Place of creation/publication
France -- Paris.

Call number
176- 725q
Folger-specific note
In early mottled calf; gilt title and tooling on spine; edges stained red. Armorial bookplate (motto: Odi et arceo.)
Folger accession
176725